diff --git a/mariadb/README.md b/mariadb/README.md
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--- a/mariadb/README.md
+++ b/mariadb/README.md
@@ -59,10 +59,52 @@ Docker Hub.
     ```
     
     
+
 <!-- Optional -->
 ### Deploy with Kubernetes
 
+This image can also be deployed on a Kubernetes cluster, such as [minikube](https://kubernetes.io/docs/setup/learning-environment/minikube/).The following example YAML files are provided in the repository as reference for Kubernetes deployment:
+
+- [`mariadb-deployment.yaml`](https://github.com/clearlinux/dockerfiles/blob/master/mariadb/mariadb-deployment.yaml): example using default configuration with secret to create a basic Mariadb service.
+
+- [`mariadb-deployment-conf.yaml`](https://github.com/clearlinux/dockerfiles/blob/master/mariadb/mariadb-deployment-conf.yaml): example using your own custom configuration with secret to create a Mariadb service.
+
+  
+
+Steps to deploy mariadb on a Kubernetes cluster:
+
+1. Create secret for Mariadb service.
+
+   ```
+   kubectl create secret generic mariadb \
+   --from-literal=mysql-root-password=<your-mysql-root-pwd> \
+   --from-literal=mysql-user=<your-mysql-user> \
+   --from-literal=mysql-password=<your-mysql-pwd>
+   ```
+
+2. If you want to deploy `mariadb-deployment.yaml`
+
+   ```
+   kubectl create -f mariadb-deployment.yaml
+   ```
+
+   Or if you want to deploy `mariadb-deployment-conf.yaml`  
+
+   ```
+   kubectl create -f mariadb-deployment-conf.yaml
+   ```
+
+3. Install Mariadb bundle and connect to the service, where 30001 is the port number defined in your service.
+
+   ```
+   swupd bundle-add mariadb
+   mysql -h<nodeIP> -u<your-mysql-user> -p<your-mysql-pwd> -P30001
+   ```
+
+
+
 <!-- Required -->
+
 ## Build and modify:
 
 The Dockerfiles for all Clear Linux* OS based container images are available at
diff --git a/mariadb/mariadb-deployment-conf.yaml b/mariadb/mariadb-deployment-conf.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8b0f5c7
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@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: mysql-config
+data:
+  my.cnf: |
+    [mysqld]
+
+    skip-log-bin
+    ssl=0
+
+    table_open_cache = 200000
+    table_open_cache_instances=64
+    back_log=3500
+    max_connections=4000
+
+    innodb_file_per_table
+
+    innodb_log_file_size=10G
+    innodb_log_files_in_group=2
+    innodb_log_buffer_size=64M
+
+    innodb_open_files=4000
+
+    innodb_buffer_pool_size= 100G
+    innodb_buffer_pool_instances=8
+
+    innodb_flush_log_at_trx_commit = 1
+    innodb_doublewrite=1
+    innodb_flush_method = O_DIRECT
+    innodb_file_per_table = 1
+    innodb_io_capacity=2000
+    innodb_io_capacity_max=4000
+    innodb_flush_neighbors = 0
+    innodb_use_native_aio=1
+
+    join_buffer_size=256K
+    sort_buffer_size=256K
+
+---
+apiVersion: apps/v1beta1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: mariadb-deploy-secret
+  labels:
+    app: mariadb
+    type: database
+spec:
+  replicas: 1
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: mariadb
+        type: database
+    spec:
+      volumes:
+        - name: config-volume
+          configMap:
+            name: mysql-config
+      containers:
+        - name: mariadb
+          image: docker.io/clearlinux/mariadb
+          ports:
+            - containerPort: 3306
+              name: db-port
+          args: ["--bind-address=0.0.0.0"]
+          volumeMounts:
+            - name: config-volume
+              mountPath: /usr/share/defaults/mariadb
+          env:
+            - name: MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD
+              valueFrom:
+                secretKeyRef:
+                  name: mariadb
+                  key: mysql-root-password
+            - name: MYSQL_USER
+              valueFrom:
+                secretKeyRef:
+                  name: mariadb
+                  key: mysql-user
+            - name: MYSQL_PASSWORD
+              valueFrom:
+                secretKeyRef:
+                  name: mariadb
+                  key: mysql-password
+
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: mariadb-svc
+spec:
+  type: NodePort
+  ports:
+  - port: 3306
+    targetPort: 3306
+    nodePort: 30001
+  selector:
+    app: mariadb
+
diff --git a/mariadb/mariadb-deployment.yaml b/mariadb/mariadb-deployment.yaml
new file mode 100644
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@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+apiVersion: apps/v1beta1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: mariadb-deploy-secret
+  labels:
+    app: mariadb
+    type: database
+spec:
+  replicas: 1
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: mariadb
+        type: database
+    spec:
+      containers:
+        - name: mariadb
+          image: docker.io/clearlinux/mariadb
+          ports:
+            - containerPort: 3306
+              name: db-port
+          args: ["--bind-address=0.0.0.0"]
+          env:
+            - name: MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD
+              valueFrom:
+                secretKeyRef:
+                  name: mariadb
+                  key: mysql-root-password
+            - name: MYSQL_USER
+              valueFrom:
+                secretKeyRef:
+                  name: mariadb
+                  key: mysql-user
+            - name: MYSQL_PASSWORD
+              valueFrom:
+                secretKeyRef:
+                  name: mariadb
+                  key: mysql-password
+
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: mariadb-svc
+spec:
+  type: NodePort
+  ports:
+  - port: 3306
+    targetPort: 3306
+    nodePort: 30001
+  selector:
+    app: mariadb
+